Pliers sheath or holder.



J. M. DAVIS.

PLIERS SHEATH 0R HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1913.

1,088,406. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

WITNESSES: INVEII T01? ITTUBNEY J'ESSE MILLER DAVIS, WILKINSBURG,PENNSYLVANIA. I

PLIERS SHEATH OR HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

I Application filed August 9, 1913. Serial No'. 783,855.

To all/whom it may concern Be it known that I, JESSE citizen of theUnited States, Wilkinsburg, county of Allegheny, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPliers Shea-ths or Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to instrument holders and more particularly tomeans for securely holding instruments upon the person of the workman ormechanic.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a case or sheathadapted to receive pliers or other similar instruments, which may besecured to the person of the workman, and which safeguard againstaccidental displacement or loss of such instrument.

A further object of my invention is to provide a case or sheath forholding instruments, especially adapted to be used by tele-r graph ortelephone linemen, which, while absolutely preventing loss ordisplacement of the instrument, presents the instrument at all timesreadily accessible to the workman.

A still further object of my invent-ion is to provide a sheath or casewithin which pliers or like instruments may be firmly held, which may beeasily attached to the belt of a workman to be at all times easy ofaccess, and which may be easily shifted to different points around thebelt of the wearer in order not to interfere with the work or movementsof the workman.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a device forattaining the ends thus briefly outlined, which is simple inconstruction, cheap in manufacture, and yet which will prove thoroughlyefficient in practice.

With these objects in view together with others which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel arrangement andcombination of parts, all as will be more fully detailed in thefollowing specification and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a case or sheathconstructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a verticalsection taken through the device, and illustrating the manner in whichinstruments are held within the same.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the case, asrepresented generally M. DAVIS, a residing at centrally disposed tongue6 is out from the back portion 3 adjacent the upper end, and projectsforwardly through an opening 7 in the front port-ion of the loop, and isprovided near its free end with a socket member 8 of the usual wellknown glove fastener.

The front portion 2 of the sheath is of substantially the same width asthe back member above described, being sewed at 9 at its edges to thesaid back portion to form a pocket 10, open at its upper end to receive.

pliers or like instruments. The upper edge of the front member 2terminates at the lower end of the loop 4 and directly beneath theopening'i', so that the tongue 6 which will project across the upperedge of the front' member in substantially the same plane therewith. Aball member 11 of the glove fastener type is secured to the frontportion 2 of the sheath, substantially midway between the vertical edgesthereof, and at a distance below the upper edge of the front portion tobe engaged by the socket member 8 on the tongue 6. From this arrangementit will be seen that the tongue 6, when secured at its lower end to thefront face ofthe member 2, will securely hold the upper end of thepocket in closed position.

In attaching the sheath or holder the belt of the workman is insertedthrough the loop 4, and the belt then buckled in the usual manner. Theholder, being thus loosely connected, permits of the same being moved toany point on the belt, the advantage of which is readily apparent totelephone or telegraph lineman. may be inserted in the pocket 10 of thesheath or holder, and when the tongue 6 is held down securely by theglove fastener, as above described, the pliers will be retained withinthe holder and prevented from becoming accidentally displaced therefrom.

The construction of the holder relative projects through the saidopening,

The pliers to the length of the pliers is such that when the pliers arepositioned therein, the ends of the handles will project slightly fromthe opening of the pocket, thus enabling the workman to readily grip thesame when necessary. The arrangement of the tongue 6 between the handlesof the pliers securely holds the pliers in positionwithout subjectingthe glove fastener to severe strain.

I claim:

1. A pliers holder comprising-a pocket,- a loop on said pocket forsecuring the latter to the person, a tongue out from a portion of saidloop and extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom over the openingof said pocket, and cooperating means upon said tongue and said holderfor holding said tongue in position, substantially as de scribed.

2. A pliers holder consisting of two pieces of material of substantiallythe same width and stitched together at their longitudinal edges andbottom and open at the top to form a pocket, one of said pieces beingsubstantially longer than the other, and having its elongated end bentto form a loop, a

tongue out from said loop and extending outwardly over and downwardlyfrom said ocket opening and means upon said ton e and said holder forholding the said poc 'et in closed position, substantially as described.

3. A pliers. holder consisting of front and back members ofsubstantially the same width stitched together at their edges to' form apocket, said back member being longer than the other of said members andJESSE MILLER DAVIS.

Witnesses:

F. H. DAVIS, 'W. F. SHROYER.

